We didn't lose yet. I have a good feeling about this series. 2 out of the next 3 are at home, and these open looks have to eventually start going down. Law of averages, they have to start eventually falling.

But it is hilarious how BBD you now say "you need 2 superstars" or "Woodson is a terrible coach" after all year telling us how Woodson is god's gift to coaching, and that you need 1 superstar to win and that's why the Pacers won't do anything in the playoffs.

I never said you need only 1 superstar to win. I said you need star players. I believe in the 2 star + good role players philosophy, but you need to have at least 1 star for me to even consider you a title contender.

You can't win a championship without star players, you just can't. You need 2 guys who can score at an elite level, history has shown us this time and time again.

Show me one quote where I said you need only 1 star to win a championship. I challenge anyone to go through my post history and find me ONE time when I said that. Go ahead.

I'm just giving you ish buddy. But come on, you have to admit you've had a huge hardon for Stat for the longest time and actually (at least used to) think he was a star player.

It was fun looking through some of your older posts though, some real gems in there. haha

Haha. I still love Stat honestly. He's my favorite Knick. It's just a shame what happened to him.

When he was healthy he was a star player. He was a beast when he first came to NY. His knees just didn't hold up. I wish he could stay healthy. He really worked on some post moves and looks pretty damn good in the post now. But his knees are about to explode every time he touches a basketball so we really don't get to see it much.

Or when Thibs runs him into the ground with his terrible minutes management.

I was gonna say this. Jimmy is the new Luol. We are going to let Luol walk after next season, by which time Jimmy will have played 82 straight games of 45 minutes or more, and then we will give Jimmy all of Luolz money, only to have him develop some nagging injury that will never go away.

That said, I should have been more proactive/less lazy earlier in the year and bought a Butler shirt.

I'm in agreement on this particular instance, I have no problem with Thibs playing Jimmy for full games for a handful of games in a row in the playoffs. Under the circumstances with any other coach/team, it wouldn't be a huge deal.

However, Thibs has shown to be pretty terrible at managing minutes, so it's more of a sign of things to come. I expect to see Jimmy start at the 2 with Luol at the 3, then slide to the 3 when Luol comes out, and then get a couple minutes of rest here and there.